Technology Policy
Our team develops practical solutions to public policy challenges in the communications and technology sector. Our deep legal and policy experience in cutting edge policy issues—including 5G wireless, privacy, internet governance, supply chain, competition, and autonomous vehicle policy—helps a broad cross-section of multinational corporations and disruptive startups navigate the shifting political tides of the U.S. government to ensure the policymaking environment supports a dynamic, competitive market. We represent clients across multiple industry subsectors, including: multichannel video program distributors; wireless carriers; internet service providers; digital content providers; consumer electronics manufacturers; electronic storage providers; electric vehicle infrastructure manufacturers; domain name registry operators, and others. We provide an interdisciplinary approach to client service by coordinating seamlessly with our Telecommunications, Media and Technology industry group.
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Experienced Team: Led by former senior congressional staff with decades of experience shaping technology policy, our bipartisan and bicameral team comprises former public servants working closely with key congressional committees and the FCC.
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Record of Success: We deliver results for our clients and are committed to producing measurable return on investment.
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Business-Focused Mindset: Our team is innovative and strategic in our client-service approach, taking into account the unique needs and goals of each company and creating action plans that produce results for each client.
Experience Highlights
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Secured amendments to the House and Senate versions of the Secure 5G and Beyond Act on behalf of a client to require the President to conduct a strategic plan examining the economic impact of Chinese telecommunications equipment and services on the US industrial base.
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Spearhead amendments to the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to include untrustworthy optical transmission components on a list of telecommunications and services that could be subject to limitations in US communications networks.
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Secured language in the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to increase funding for DOD 5G research and development programs by $270 million, including a specific directive to build a 5G R&D facility.
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Advised an internet infrastructure provider and worked to secure a favorable political environment necessary to successfully amend and extend a significant contract extension with the Department of Commerce.
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Guided clients through the development of bipartisan and bicameral internet privacy legislation in the 116th Congress.
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Advised multiple clients on legal and regulatory issues associated with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
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Secured legislative language benefiting two clients as part of a developing bipartisan discussion draft for comprehensive autonomous vehicle legislation.
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Championed an amendment to the SELF DRIVE Act, directing the Department of Transportation to create a Federal Advisory Committee that would evaluate the impact of electrification of the transportation economy on the development of autonomous vehicle technology and the intersection between the two industries.
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Advised multiple clients on issues surrounding the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into competition in digital markets.
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Successfully advocated to ensure members of Congress voted to reauthorize the distant signal copyright licenses in the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act reauthorization.
